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  • Champagne Bottles and Glasses

    The New Year: Joyfully on Time.

    New Year’s Resolutions - lose weight, stop smoking, save money. Does anyone actually keep these resolutions? According to Forbes, less than 25% keep their resolutions [...]

  • Lafayette Square House Decorated for Holidays

    I truly can’t wait to see all your decorations around the neighborhood!

    I don’t decorate for the holidays. There. I said it.  I know it’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s beginning to look [...]

  • Concerts in the Park

    The silence was deafening in 2020. We all felt it and knew why, but, having boomeranged back to St. Louis after being gone for four [...]

History

  • 1994 – The Street Names Of Lafayette Square

    Below is a subset from a well-researched history of street names for the City of St Louis. Every name tells a story, and ours in [...]

  • 1967 – Tales From Two Lafayette Square Pharmacies

    Lafayette Square is conveniently located. You can reach three different interstate highways, headed to who-knows-where, within a couple of minutes. If you want to access [...]

  • 1971: The Lafayette Square Restoration Plan

    1971 Plan Commission cover The New York Times of May 27, 2021 has a fascinating study into the long term social and economic costs of [...]

Lafayette Park

  • New Lafayette Park Lecture Series

    This fall, the Lafayette Park Conservancy will host a series of three lectures about different aspects of the history of Lafayette Park and the Lafayette Square neighborhood. All the [...]

  • 54th Annual Washington’s Birthday Commemoration

    By Carolyn Willmore The Lafayette Park Conservancy held a reception for the Cornelia Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution prior to their [...]

  • Park Projects Nearing Completion

    Several years ago the voters approved a sale of bonds to improve St. Louis’ park system. The larger parks in the system got large sums [...]

Lafayette Square Neighborhood Association

  • Champagne Bottles and Glasses

    The New Year: Joyfully on Time.

    New Year’s Resolutions - lose weight, stop smoking, save money. Does anyone actually keep these resolutions? According to Forbes, less than 25% keep their resolutions [...]

  • Lafayette Square House Decorated for Holidays

    I truly can’t wait to see all your decorations around the neighborhood!

    I don’t decorate for the holidays. There. I said it.  I know it’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s beginning to look [...]

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    Strategic Plan Launched November 15, 2020 (Replay of Virtual Meeting)

    In early 2019 the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee voted to fund the preparation of a five year Strategic Plan for the Lafayette Square neighborhood. Input [...]

A rich history.

Lafayette Square is one of St. Louis’s most vibrant historic neighborhoods, known for its restored Victorian homes and Lafayette Park, the city’s oldest public park, established in 1836. Once a post–Civil War enclave for St. Louis’s elite, the area declined after the 1896 tornado but was revitalized beginning in the 1970s when residents launched preservation efforts. Designated the city’s first historic district in 1972, Lafayette Square today blends architectural beauty, community spirit and a deep connection to St. Louis’s past.